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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1926
Page
4
United Press dispatch reports 387 bodies recovered as Gomez River flood devastates Leon Guanajuato Mexico on June 26. Waters ran seven to ten feet in low areas with many missing and entire families buried under mud houses. Authorities foresee seven million pesos in losses to commerce and agriculture. President calls for aid and relief efforts intensify.
A New York New Haven and Hartford train nicknamed The Cape Codder crashed near Kingston Rhode Island after a boiler explosion tore through the engine. Three freight crew members died and several passengers and crew were injured as the express plunged into wreckage and derailed cars. Ambulances and doctors came from Kingston and Westerly to treat the injured.
Two men died when struck by lightning during a fierce Chicago storm that drenched the city with over an inch of rain in about an hour. Basements flooded and sewers clogged as traffic stalled. damage centered in neighborhoods hit hardest by the sudden downpour.
Washington dispatch reports a growing rift in the Republican Party sparked by the Dawes Lowden Watson McNary break from the administration on farm relief. Senator Watson moved to end debate and back veterans legislation but the party remains divided as to voting the Fess substitute versus the Rooseveltian split risk. The Fess substitute is expected to be defeated.
Miss Frankie Marsh longtime Marco telephone operator aged seventy five has ended work due to illness and will likely spend her remaining life in Green County Poor House. She began when telephones were installed in the region and served the public for 25 years. Her switchboard was moved from her home a year and a half ago. She never married and lived alone. heirs signed the home over for care and relatives say the task proved too great.
Fernan Tapp's Kentucky Melody Lads will headline the Fourth of July celebration at Haseman Grove on Monday July 5. The entertainment committee secured this eight member group of nationally famous Kentucky colored performers at considerable expense. They are known for their old negro melodies and later songs and are described as a major draw for attendees traveling long distances.
Tioga Iowa reports five children aged two to thirteen are orphaned after Otie Armstrong 87 shot and killed his wife and infant, then fatally wounded a baby as the mother fled with the child. The incident occurred late yesterday when Armstrong ordered the children to a neighbor’s home and opened fire as the mother ran.
The six defendants in the abate highway commission case have the trial postponed to September. Alonzo Blair of Shelbyville has been retained as special assistant prosecutor for the case.
Chicago June 26 The state continues its case to hang Martin Durkin for the murder of government agent Edward C Shanahan First testimony showed Durkin breaking down as Mrs Sidward C Shanahan described last seeing her husband on a marble slab in an emergency hospital ward Her sobs followed as she passed the confessed killer in the courtroom and Durkin exclaimed I didn t know who it was The scene marked the first sensational moment in his trial drawing spectators back to Judge Millers courtroom
Jefferson City Mo June 26 The state supreme court en banc forfeited the charter of the Kansas City College of Medicine and Surgery and ousted the school from Missouri The court ruled the school was a medical diploma mill and misused its charter powers franchises and privileges
South Bend Indiana city judge Chester DuComb vows to seek Indiana law authorizing a whipping post as punishment for wife beaters if existing statutes allow. He prosecutes Stephen Polich who chose jail and a fine over a boxing match with a police sergeant amid sobbing testimony from Polich’s wife.
In Indianapolis on June 26 a grand jury urged a further investigation of the police department. The final report charged that some officers took bribes and protected criminals. The inquiry would also cover corrupt practices disclosed at the Marion County primary election.
Joseph Caillaux, now finance minister, leads the dominant figure in France’s new cabinet. John W Weeks, ex secretary of war, is reported ill in Boston as a movement to restore Austria’s former empress Zita gains support from Representative Adam Wyant amid a Pennsylvania senatorial primary expenditures probe.
Douglas Arizona June 26 United Press dispatch shows search parties discovered two shacks in the desert matching McPherson's captivity tale. One shack 20 miles northeast on American soil was found by Los Angeles detectives. McPherson believes she was held in Mexico. Footprints cast for comparison. Authorities previously halted the search after investigations found no ransom link.
Cliff Mohler, 23, was ordered to begin a life term for the slaying of Fort Wayne policeman Matthew Gebhardt. Mohler confessed to shooting Gebhardt during a street fight in which his brother Bert Mohler also died. He was to be transferred to Michigan City state prison.
In Angola Indiana on June 26 a home fire cost the life of 60 year old Frank Adams who died after being overcome by smoke while attempting to rescue his library. He collapsed while carrying books from the house and passed away a few hours later.
James Gephart aged 28 drowned when a fishing boat overturned. His companion Charles Walker was rescued by others and later arrested for intoxication.
United Press Dispatch reports from Huntington Indiana that Charles Plumb 60 a former railroad engineer shot himself after brooding over poor health leaving a widow and two sons.
President Calles sends five thousand pesos for flood relief in Leon as countywide drives begin for food and supplies. Death estimates vary from 300 to 1,000 with communications hampered, while 20,000 people were driven from the lower Leon area by the disaster.
Indications from Vincennes Indicate none of the men sentenced in the federal court house case at Terre Haute would seek new trials.
Indianapolis reports a supplementary probe into the Vincennes liquor conspiracy case will be conducted this summer, announced by Alexander Cavins assistant district attorney.
Indianapolis police launch tough drive against car theft led by Inspector Claude Worley after the case of Roberto Rudell who confessed to taking three cars and received a $25 fine and 10 days in jail. Records show a rise in auto theft this year prompting stricter penalties and surveillance.
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